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G. L. ELDRIDGE.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1919.

1 350, 302 Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

1 V", Il 5 II INVENTOR BY I ATTORNEY Gmae-L ELM/M5 UNITED STATES GEORGELEO ELDRIDGE, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEWJERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 24., 1920.

Application filed November 7, 1919. Serial No. 336,449.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen LEO ELDRIDGE, a citizen of the U. 3.,residing at New Brunswick, county of Middlesex, and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to display signs, and has for its object theprovision of a sign which may be readily and simply constructed andattached to a wall or the like.

Briefly my invention consists of a frame having lugs invisible to anobserver, for attaching it to a wal1,and a panel of flexible material ormetal so constructed that it may be quickly secured to said frame byfolding certain parts back against shoulders on said frame, or simply bylocking ears protruding from the panel about shoulders on the frame.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a neat sign whichwill be inexpensive to manufacture.

In the description below, characters of reference refer to similarlymarked parts on the drawing.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete sign.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on the plane 2-2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the plane 33 of Fig. 1. g

Fig. i is a view of the sign cover before attachment, showing itsone-piece construction.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a modification of my frame and panels.

1 represents a frame having lugs 2, projecting toward the interiorthereof, for securing the frame to a wall. The frame is constructed of across section shown in Fig. 8, having shoulders 3 whose purpose willpresently be described.

fieation of the frame and panel of Fig. 2, the

shoulders 7 sloping in the reverse direction of the shoulders 3. Thepanel 4 is bent in the form shown before it is placed on the frame, andis then locked on the frame by engagement of the ears 8 with theshoulders 7. Thus, this form of sign may be quickly fixed to or removedfrom the frame, making it useful for advertising purposes when theadvertisement is frequently changed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sign comprising a frame having eaves whose rear edges are spacedforwardly fromthe rear edge of the body of the frame, and a paneltherefor having ears adapted to be folded around and behind said eavesand v secured thereby.

2. A .sign comprising a frame having shoulders thereon spaced forwardlyfrom the rear edge of the frame, a'panel, adapted to be locked thereonhaving ears bent substantially inward to engage behind said shoulders,and lugs on said frame extending toward the interior thereof to fastenthe sign to a wall.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

GEORGE LEO ELDRIDGE.

